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Coffee’s coming. via DesignYouTrust and Designlenta

Design: R.O. Blechman

Animattion: Willis Pyle.

Music: Arnie Black.

for CBS 1966

Thx @badbanana via Dave Eibsen.

via @CollinDouma RT @AnnieLZ RT @davidakermanis

Thanks Design Sponge for showcasing the art-inspired work of Caitlin Williams, who nods to Mondrian here. What does that cobalt blue taste like, I wonder?

The picnic that took the ride to see the shipwreck, and swim and lunch in the cove:

octupus salad, grilled sardines, cold roast chicken,  feta, olives, figs, grapes, crusty bread, watermelon, beer, white wine, pistachios in the shell.

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snail impact from Massimiliano Rigano’s on Vimeo.

Thanks Adhocracy. Mozel Tov.

Sarkozy’s favourite meal at Le Bristol, where he dines a couple of times a week, is a starter of stuffed macaroni with black truffle, artichoke and duck foie gras, which costs about $100.

Associated Press

For starters, an economic crisis during which the guardian of rarefied cuisine says to its family: Why can’t you be more like your expat brother Jean-Georges in New York? “He does a three-star prix fixe lunch for $28,” says Michelin France’s Director Jean-Luc Naret. Actually, JG is only one in a band of peers lining up killer deals.

Main course, the heart of fine-dining, pumping with the life-blood of corporate spending [about to hit an endangered watchlist, but still sustaining].

To finish, with sweet irony: a declarative coup de gras from Le Bristol’s chef, Eric Fréchon, the only star upgrade [from two to three]  given by Michelin France this year. Says Fréchon: “In the past, we used to turn people away. Today, we aren’t doing that any more.”

Great news for the cheese course: a ripening democratization of grande cuisine.

Thanks Mathew Ingram.

His twitter this morning pointed to a Bread and Honey post with some close-up pics of the photo on a bag of Green Giant broccoli florets.

From a macro shot, there they were, like a scene from Ants. Instead of legions of insects, the photo reveals miniature heads, all with smiling faces, in a forest of the tiny spears that create a floret of broccoli.

Anyone old enough to remember when consumer advocates started noticing seductive and satanic messages in a close-up of a glass of whiskey?

This is only a little bit like that.

Thanks to Gremolata, here’s a London Times piece about the mini cow.

She’ll give you 16 pints of milk a day, and you can drink it unpasturized.

The piece reports that the Dexter is a Irish breed the size of a German Shepard and touts it as “the world’s most efficient, cutest and tastiest cow.” She’ll keep your lawn mowed and be a great family pet for years “before ending up in the freezer.”

Hmmm. Don’t think the kids’ll go for that.